2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Utah

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in Utah For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 68,079 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, communication and media studies is the 9th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,728 and had an average of $24,931 in loans still to pay off.

Across Utah, there were 1,179 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,671 and $21,819 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 72 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in Utah For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in communication and media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and media studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in Utah For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in Utah For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Utah

#1

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$5,786 Average Net Price

$40,647 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salt Lake Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in Utah For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school handed out 41 degrees to qualified associates’s communications students in 2019-2020.

Salt Lake Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in Utah” list. The yearly cost to attend Salt Lake Community College is $5,786 for utah associate degree communications students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Salt Lake Community College

#2

Weber State University

Ogden, Utah

#2 in overall quality

$9,790 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in Utah For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Weber State University landed the #2 spot on the list. WSU is located in Ogden, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 associates’s communications degrees to qualified students.

WSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in Utah” list. It costs about $9,790 for utah associate degree communications students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend WSU.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at WSU

#3

Utah Valley University

Orem, Utah

#3 in overall quality

$7,334 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for an Associate in Utah For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Orem, Utah, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s communications students in 2019-2020.

UVU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools in Utah” list. It costs about $7,334 for Utah Associate Degree Communications students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UVU.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Utah Valley University

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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